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White Mushrooms Spores

Contains 25g dried grains containing the mushroom spore. Grow and harvest your own fresh mushrooms with that much loved classic flavour. The traditional, popular favourite, a versatile all round mushroom suitable for a large range of dishes. With the typical mushroom flavour and aroma we all know and love. The perfect substrate on which to grow mushrooms is well rotted horse manure. Either purchase ready, pre-packaged manure or if you can only obtain fresh manure, simply add 20% wet straw and leave outside in a heap, the centre of the heap should become hot within hours. Turn it over weekly and keep moist but not wet. When the heap has rotted sufficiently it will no longer be hot in the middle. When it has been composted and become dark brown with little or no smell it is ready to use. You will need approx 5kg of well rotted manure for one packet of mushroom spawn. Mix the spawn into the well rotted manure and place in a sturdy plastic bag or crate, firming it down well. Then mix equal quantities of sieved garden soil (from just below the surface) with ordinary multipurpose compost and use it to cover the manure and spawn mix with a 2.5cm layer known as a casing. Keep the bag or crate in a cool room, a garage, shed, greenhouse, cold frame or cellar at a temerpature of approx. 15-20C. Ensure the earth layer or casing remains moist but not wet. The first mushrooms could begin to appear in 20-30 days, often in flushes 8 to 10 days apart, until the substrate is exhausted.

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